Shears.



A. HANSEN.

SHEARS.

APPLICATION FILED FBB.11,1914.

Patented July 21, 1914.

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T0 (ZZZ whom it may concern Be it known that I, Axnn Hanson, a citizenof Xorway, residing at Cottage Grove, in the county of Lane and State ofOregon, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shears, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to in'iprovements in shears wherein the cuttingoperation is etfected by a pair of levers, carried by the handle of thetool and serving to operate the blades. i

The construction of the device is such as to facilitate thecutting'operation as the operator has but to manually force the bladestogether by means of either of said levers and oppositely disposedsprings eonhe said blades will, when pressure is released from thelevers, force the blades apart.

With the foregoing and other objects in view the invention consists inthe combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter fullydescribed in the following specification, pointed out in the claims andillustrated in the accompanying drawing which 'forms a part-0f saidspecification and in which- Figure 1 is a plan of my improved shears.Fig. 2 is a side elevation partly in section.

Like reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughoi'it.

numeral. 1 indicates the stock which is formed hollow at each end. Inthe hollow forward end the blades 2, 3 are operatively secured upon apivot t which extends through the stock and is embedded in each lateralwall of the same. The inner or non-cutting ends of the blades 2, 3 areadapted for engagement with a. sliding cam 5 which is pivotallyconnected to a movable link 6 to which one end of a spring? is secured,the opposite end of said spring being connected. as at 8 to the innerwall of the stock.

9 is a lever pivotally disposed as at 10 in the stock and extendingthrough an aperture 11 in the same to permit its engagement by thefinger. of the operator and said lever is pivoted at 12 to the link 6;13 is a lever pivoted at M" in. the stock and projectml througifh anaperture 15 in the same and it is pivotally coi'n'iccted at 16 to thelink 6, and the upper or free end of the Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented July 21, 1914.

Application filed February 11.1914. serial No. 817,999.

l lever 13 permits its engagement by the finger ot' the operator. Thepurpose of the lovers 9 and 13 is to a ford a means by which the link (lmay be manually thrust forward or toward the blades 2, 3 against thetension of the spring 7 thus forcing the cam 5 between the ends of thesaid blades and closing them at. their cutting ends thus performing thecutting ol'ieration.

To opposite sides of the stock springs 17, 18 are secured which extend,respectively, through apertures 19, 20 in said stock and bear nponthenon-cutting ends of the blades to force them apart after they haveperformed the cutting operation and pressure has been removed from thelevers. It is readily seen that repeatedly pressing the blades together,by means of the levers, each time they are forced open by the oppositelydisposed springs will perform a continuous cutting operation. To lockthe blades shut a hook 21 is carried by the stock and adapted forreleasable engagement with the lever 9 when it is in the position shownin full lines in Fig. 2.

The end of the stock remote from the blades is of hollow formation andin this portion samples of fabric, needles, thimble etc. may be.retained as clearly illustrated, and door 29, hinged at 23 to the stockmay be provided to prevent accidental loss of such contents.

l-Vhat is claimed is:

1. In shears. a stock formed hollow at one end, cutting blades pivotedtogether within said stock. a sliding cam capable of mutual blades. aspring secured to the inner wall of said stock, a-link connecting saidspring cam, a lever pivoted in said stock and pro jec-ted therebeyondand secured at its inner termination to said link andv oppositelydisposed springs carried by said stock and projected thcreinto forengagement with said cutting blades. whereby their cutting edges arenormally forced away from each other. 2-. In shears, a stock, cuttingblades pivoted together carried by said stock, means carried by saidstock for normally forcing the cutting edges of said blades away fromeach other, a manually operable lever pivoted to said stock. a. linkpivoted to said lever, a cam carried by said link capable of engagementwith the non-cutting ends of engagement with the inner ends of said saidblades whereby the cutting edges of ture in the presence of twosubscribing witthe same may be forced together and return nesses. meansconnectmg said link and stock whereby the said lever is moved to normalposi- AXEL HANSEN 5 tion when pressure is removed therefrom. Vitnesses:

.In testimony :hat I claim the foregoing WILLIAM C. J0HNs0N,

as my own I have hereto aflixed my signa- Loms BRANSDAL.

